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Defending IRS Cash Based Audits – Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Case for Using a Forensic Accountant

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Why a Forensic Accountant? Using a forensic account is essential in developing a strategy to handle and defend the findings of a cash-based audit. However, before delving into how they can assist counsel and the client, it’s essential to define what a forensic accountant is.

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A Forensic Accountant As a Consultant

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Forensic accountants are often retained in litigation as expert witnesses, with the intention that they will provide expert opinions and testimony on behalf of the client. The forensic accounting consultant and counsel are free to explore potential strategies and evaluate which might provide the best outcome for the client.

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Making Forensic Accounting Accessible With the Divorce Money Guide

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I’m so excited to be able to make forensic accounting accessible to ordinary people in the process of divorce. We all know how expensive it can be to hire a forensic accountant. If you can’t hire a forensic accountant but need to dig into the numbers in your divorce, this is the next best thing.

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Analyzing Business Tax Returns in Divorce Cases

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Tax returns can be one of the most important pieces of information a forensic accountant evaluates in a divorce case. Of course, there are other very important financial documents, but income tax returns provide summary information about of lot of financial issues, including income, expenses, and assets.

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The Difference between Bookkeeping and Accounting

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Forensic accountants research financial transactions to uncover fraud. Managerial accountants work to collect and compile data used to make management decisions. Tax accountants specialize in IRS law and completion of tax returns. to review performance and profitability.

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Baratz & Associates Acquires Fellow New Jersey CPA Firm

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The firm’s services include auditing, accounting , reviews, compilations, tax return preparation and planning, forensic accounting, and litigation support. Established in 1992, Renzi Bernardi Suarez & Co. Our team is thrilled by the opportunity to join Baratz & Associates,” Ed Suarez said. “We

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Introducing the Divorce Money Guide

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In case you haven’t heard, I created the Divorce Money Guide to make forensic accounting more accessible to people getting divorced. The average person won’t become a forensic accountant overnight, but they CAN use some simple techniques on their bank statements and tax return to discover whether money is missing.